China Taxa de Desemprego

China’s surveyed unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in September 2024, compared to market estimates and August’s reading of 5.3%. This marks the lowest reading in three months. The jobless rate for locally registered residents decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.2%, in which non-local registrants had a rate of 4.8%, while the rate for non-local agricultural registrants stood at 4.6%. In 31 major cities, the urban unemployment rate was also 5.1%. On average, employees in enterprises worked 48.8 hours per week. From January to September, the average surveyed jobless rate was 5.1%, 0.2 percentage points lower than the same period last year. In September 2023, the surveyed unemployment rate was 5.0%.